The Green Party of Canada with leader, Jim Harris, and Environment Critic, Sharon Labchuk
The Green Party of Canada will be seeking your votes in Canada’s next federal election, January 23, 2006. With arguably the best animal protection plank in the world (written by Rebecca Aldworth), the GPC appears to represent a viable choice for those concerned with getting the Canadian government to prioritize animal welfare issues in parliament. However, some...
A Few of Rob’s Favourite Things from 2005!
In the spirit of giving, Rob has decided on a few of his favourite things from 2005 and is sharing these with some lucky listeners! We’ll also hear from some past guests and meet some new ones as we profile their products. What made the list? The groundbreaking book, The China Study by T. Colin Campbell...
Taimie Bryant & Gary Francione: AR in the Classroom & the Courtroom Part 2
Gary Francione, professor of law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Distinguished Scholar of Law & Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law, and Taimie L. Bryant, professor of law at the UCLA School of Law, join us to delve deeper into the topic of teaching animal rights courses in law school and how these can affect the...
Puppy Mills & Vegan Shopping
It can be tempting to give a puppy for Christmas, patronize the local pet store or buy an animal online; it’s easy to get lost in that adorable face and not ask questions about where the animal was bred. Too often, such animals have been born into cramped and unsanitary conditions where they suffer incredibly...
Behind the Mask with Shannon Keith
Tune in for an interview with Shannon Keith, director of “Behind the Mask.” This controversial film-in-progress traces the history of the Animal Liberation Front and provides an insider view of the people and the motivations behind underground animal actions. Sympathetic to those who risk their personal freedom to help animals, “Behind the Mask” seeks to...
AR in Japan / PETA2’s Jason Bayless
First, we speak with author and environmentalist Sakae Hemmi of the Elsa Nature Conservancy from Japan who joined us August 30th to discuss the dolphin hunt. In this interview, Sakae discusses the state of the general animal protection movement in Japan. Then Jason Bayless, senior youth outreach specialist with PETA2, a youth marketing and resource branch of the People...
Dr. Greger on Avian Influenza
We are joined by Dr. Michael Greger, “The Vegan MD,” to discuss the current avian flu scare. Tune in to learn more about why concern is intensifying, how bird viruses spread and mutate, how wild bird populations have and will be affected, and whether factory farming plays any role in the recent outbreaks. Dr. Greger will...
The China Study and Preventing Breast Cancer
Dr. Campbell: “The number one cause of death in North America is ignoring nutrition. In other words, if we take the most conservative estimate of the amount of heart disease, cancer, diabetes that could be prevented ... if we just do the numbers, it turns out that, clearly, the number one cause of death is simply...
The Politics of Production and Consumption
Lauren: “Years ago, an irate university student accused me, a new vegetarian, of “being worse than meat-eaters because [I] steal the cows’ food!” Even at the time his logic seemed a little faulty. Thankfully, with the help of folks like Danielle Nierenberg, a research associate with the World Watch Institute, we’re all a lot more educated about...
